Calamitous, Cleared, and Keeping Both Jobs
After months of investigation and seventeen thousand signatures asking for a resignation petition. The Bucks County DA District Attorney office, headed by DA Joe Khan cleared Police Chief Scott McElree of criminal charges while calling his response to the Quakertown student protest a "calamitous decision.". Calamitous, but not in the DA's eyes illegal. Legality in this case hinges for the most part on intent of McElree and I'm not sure the case would have won in court based on that legal standard. However, I am sure that the incompetence and poor decision making shown by Chief Scott McElree, who enter an agitated crowd of protesting teenagers while wearing plain clothes, with no visible badge, uniform, body-worn camera, or handcuffs was clear. McElree continues to keep his job as police chief and borough manager, two offices that concentrate more power in one 72-year-old than most small towns hand a mayor. I'll have more to say on this subject soon, but for now I'll say that this is not the better Bucks I hope for.
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